leisha, what is the story here? what is the story here?likely to help the tensions between the us and china. these are just the quarterly numbers. numbers. tariffs on steel, aluminium and other products. other products. reliance on exporting to countries like america. like america. factors including the recent lunar new year holiday. new year holiday. leisha, thank you very much. share index going up, the dowjones going down. going down. which crisis do want to concentrate on? concentrate on? will happen next week, corporate results. results. people excited although others with it is overdone. it is overdone. middle east and worries about sanctions against russia or china. sanctions against russia or china. which one shall we pick? take your choice. choice. have more details on that in just a second. second. let's go on to what is happening in the us. on wall street today. largest banks. register their biggest quarterly profit growth in seven years. in part due to higher interest rates and additional trading revenue. of widespread consumer

i know you will stay abreast of it, thank you, leisha santorelli stay abreast of it, thank you, leishaa santorelli in our asian business hub. let me show you what is happening in the asian markets. shares in tokyo lower on wednesday after some profit taking as investors lock in profits after two days of gains. as leisha was referring to. those gains were driven as fears ease over a us—china trade war. elsewhere, pretty mixed across asia after that optimism over trade offset by weaker than expected inflation data out of china. that is how the dough in the united states closed yesterday. —— that is how the dow in the united states closed yesterday. in europe, attention on the latest uk industrial and manufacturing production data for february. that doesn't sound very exciting, but... recent data out of france and germany has suggested a slowdown in this area and there is a concern that it could translate across given how uk exports have recently been driven by improvements in economic activity, not only in europe but also around the world. we will touch on that more in just a moment. but

our business reporter has more, welcome, leisha santorelli.earch purposes to help marketing companies find customers. what cubeyou did is similarto customers. what cubeyou did is similar to what cambridge and the liquor did. they used an app in 2014 to collect user data we have seen the fallout of that. this is what they said. this new apps they are talking about, it was developed in collaboration with the university of cambridge and have yet to comment. essentially, it is a one click personality quiz where it takes all the different likes you take —— you have on facebook. facebook said they are going to do a thorough audit of all the apps on their platform to see if there was any other misuse and it's fair to say given the number of apps on their platform, they might find other problematic ones. and the heat is not letting up ones. and the heat is not letting up on mark zuckerberg. south korea's disgraced former president park gyeun—he faces years in prison. she was found guilty of bribery, abuse of power, coercion and leaking state secrets.

leisha santorelli took one expert on an tour of our singapore office to find out.s great to see that you have an open plan office. everybody can communicate. at of course it can make things noisy and it can create more stress. —— but of course. you have these islands where people can talk face—to—face but they are all the same. you don't have the flexibility that you sometimes need. but you do have a fantastic view. let's ta ke but you do have a fantastic view. let's take a look at some of the other officers you have worked on for really big companies. and grab a coffee. what have you done here? this is when we help to vodafone move their office from london to dublin. we had to get everybody comfortable, everybody ready to start a new adventure. but this doesn't look like the offices of a major telco. exactly. what we wanted to do was, we wanted it to feel like home. and so we created a kitchen at the centre, and then we created all the centre, and then we created all the different experiences around it. so many different ways to work, so many different ways to be

leisha santorelli is in singapore. what is behind the strong numbers?ed results are due to strong demand for samson's memory chips, the smartphones only account for about 40% of revenue. the smartphones market is incredibly competitive but the samsung tack galaxy which has recently released has helped results. analysts are worried the boom in the memory chip market will subside and head future results, but it is worth marking that this is the first financial numbers we have got and since the head of the samsung group was unexpectedly released from prison in february he had received a suspended sentence for a bribery conviction and is expected to be back at work soon. and in the last few hours we've seen south korea's former president park geun—hye sentenced for involvement in the country's corruption scandal. correct. a scandal that involves her and the samsung conglomerate. she was sentenced to 2a years in prison after being found guilty of 16 out of 18 criminal charges, including bribery, abuse of power, coercion, leaking of state secrets. she has den

leisha santorelli is in singapore with more on this. what's the story behind this?t's the story behind this? it's a reversalfor one china's what's the story behind this? it's a reversal for one china's biggest conglomerates which is built upon the biggest corporate debt piles in china. 0riginally spent billions of dollars using complex financing to become dodger banks biggest shareholder, a couple of months ago it said it would not cut a stake in deutsche bank but hma is under pressure from investors and the chinese government as well. it needs to reduce risk on its balance sheet and raise a lot of money to pay off debts and interest payments. it has reduced its holdings in boccia bank to 7.9%, they are attributing the decision to the current market environment, but is not the only asset, it sold its stake in the hilton hotel group earlier this month, according to reports billions of dollars worth of real estate across china are for sale. thank you. let's look at the markets. it's going to be a very busy week for stock markets around the globe as some of the world's

first, leisha sa ntorelli is in singapore... what has president trump been saying this time?g the tpp again. it will be raised in talks later today with japan's prime minister. the issue of trade will be the overarching theme. first, they will focus on tariffs because japan was the only major us ally that was not exempted from trump's tariffs on steel and aluminium imports that went into effect last month. canada, mexico and the eu got temporary passes. as for the tpp, trump had said on twitter that there are too many contingencies and no way to get out of the tpp but japan is the biggest member of the deal, and so it is unlikely there will be a renegotiation of the tpp but coetzee trump argue for a bilateral deal with japan in talks on wednesday. thank you very much. let's have a look at how the asian markets have been faring. they crept ahead on wednesday after wall street took heart from upbeat corporate earnings, though nagging concerns about trade barriers and the global growth outlook kept currencies and bonds subdued. chinese markets also struggled even as beijing boos

first, leisha sa ntorelli is in singapore. nice to see you.ition is quick to come in with their comments. new zealand's prime ministerjacinda ardern is walking the talk because she had promised on the talk because she had promised on the campaign trail to take steps to combat climate change by reducing reliance on fossil fuels and now we have the ban. environmental groups are saying it is a big blow to big oil about new zealand's opposition group has said it is economic vandalism, saying it will put thousands of jobs vandalism, saying it will put thousands ofjobs at risk. the oil and gas industry in new zealand accou nts and gas industry in new zealand accounts for nearly $2 billion. industry players were blindsided, they claim they were not given a heads up, and they think it will push investment and production overseas. it is worth stating there will be no immediate impact because currently permits will expire around 2030. interesting story developing. let us have a look at markets in asia. downbeat day. investors very much on the sidelines,

moving through the night further snow in scotland could lead to some significantjimmy leisha is in the highlands, so, a chilly night to come here. further showers with some sunny spells through the day tomorrow. big range of temperatures. good afternoon. you're watching bbc news. our main headlines... after five years in charge, the director of public prosecutions for england and wales, alison saunders, is to step down later this year china responds to president trump's import taxes on steel and aluminium by placing new tariffs on more than 120 us products. there's a new warning from health staff that the nhs in england is likely to face a "year—round crisis", as this winter's pressures extend into the summer. the m62 near bradford reopens after two men are killed when a car was driven on the wrong side of the road. one man has been arrested. now on bbc news, westminster in review. hello and welcome to westminster in review, our look back at all the big events in parliament since christmas. coming up, as the uk inches ever closer to leading the european union closer to leaving the euro

leisha sa ntorelli took one expert on an tour of our singapore office to find out. fantastic! can communicate. it can make things a bit noisy and it can create a bit more stress. you have these islands, people can talk face—to—face but they are all the same, you don't have the flexibility you sometimes need but you have a fantastic view. let's look at some of the other officers you have worked on for really big companies. and grab a copy. what have you done here? this is when we help vodafone moved their offers from london to dublin. we had to get everybody comfortable, everybody ready to start a new adventure. this doesn't look like the offices of a major telecom. we wa nted the offices of a major telecom. we wanted it to feel like home and so we created a kitchen at the centre and we created all the different experiences around it, so many different ways to work, so many different ways to work, so many different ways to be engaged, creative, energetic. ifi different ways to be engaged, creative, energetic. if i were to ta ke creative, energetic. if i were to take one design

said it believes the data of up to 87 million people was improperly shared with the political asia leishasingapore. how badly have australian facebook users been impacted by the data breach scandal? more than 300,000 australian users had their day to improperly shared with cambridge analytica. —— their data. the tenth largest country affected. the largest country affected. the largest of courses the us followed by the philippines, indonesia, uk. india and vietnam were also among the top ten countries with the most number of users affected. australia is just the latest to launch an investigation into facebook and whether it broke any privacy laws. australia prospect privacy commissioner said she will have to compare with other international regulators given the noble nature of the case —— australia's privacy commissioner. facebook could face a big financial penalty because each breach of australia's privacy act and involve a $323,000 fine, that will add up, given the number affected. staying in the region. asian shares bounced back on thursday, recovering from the sell—off triggered by the

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